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title: "Best Men Quotes by Robert A. Heinlein"
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> [All men are created unequal.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/all-men-are-created-unequal/)

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> [Money is truthful. If a man speaks of his honor, make him pay cash.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/money-is-truthful-if-a-man-speaks-of-his-honor-make-him-pay-cash/)

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> [My old man says when it's time to be counted, the important thing is to be man enough to stand up.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/my-old-man-says-when-it-s-time-to-be-counted-the-important-thing-is/)

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> [...a book need never die and should not be killed; books were the immortal part of man.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/a-book-need-never-die-and-should-not-be-killed-books-were-the/)

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> [Premenstrual Syndrome: Just before their periods women behave the way men do all the time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/premenstrual-syndrome-just-before-their-periods-women-behave-the-way/)

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> [Specialization is for insects... The race of man? He's a whole other creature.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/specialization-is-for-insects-the-race-of-man-he-s-a-whole-other/)

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> [Fulfillment in life is loving a good woman and killing a bad man.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/fulfillment-in-life-is-loving-a-good-woman-and-killing-a-bad-man/)

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> [A man who marries at my age isn't taking a wife, he's indenturing a nurse.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/a-man-who-marries-at-my-age-isn-t-taking-a-wife-he-s-indenturing-a/)

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> [Progress is made by lazy men looking for easier ways to do things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/progress-is-made-by-lazy-men-looking-for-easier-ways-to-do-things/)

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> [There ought not to be anything in the whole universe that man can't poke his nose into-that's the way we're built and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/there-ought-not-to-be-anything-in-the-whole-universe-that-man-can-t/)

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> [By the data to date, there is only one animal in the Galaxy dangerous to man -- man himself. So he must…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/by-the-data-to-date-there-is-only-one-animal-in-the-galaxy-dangerous/)

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> [To get anywhere, or even to live a long time, a man has to guess, and guess right, over and over again,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/to-get-anywhere-or-even-to-live-a-long-time-a-man-has-to-guess-and/)

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> [A slave cannot be freed, save he do it himself. Nor can you enslave a free man; the very most you can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/a-slave-cannot-be-freed-save-he-do-it-himself-nor-can-you-enslave-a/)

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> [Never appeal to a man's 'better nature.' He may not have one. Invoking his self-interest gives you more leverage.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/never-appeal-to-a-man-s-better-nature-he-may-not-have-one-invoking/)

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> [I was no fool; I was aware that when another man is too anxious to force money on one, it is time…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/i-was-no-fool-i-was-aware-that-when-another-man-is-too-anxious-to/)

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> [The whole principle (censorship) is wrong; it's like demanding that grown men live on skim milk because the baby can't eat steak.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/the-whole-principle-censorship-is-wrong-it-s-like-demanding-that/)

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> [Cast me into a dungeon, burn me at the stake, crown me king of kings, I can 'pursue happiness' as long as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/cast-me-into-a-dungeon-burn-me-at-the-stake-crown-me-king-of-kings-i/)

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> [The Universe was a silly place at best...but the least likely explanation for it was the no-explanation of random chance, the conceit…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/the-universe-was-a-silly-place-at-best-but-the-least-likely/)

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> [Many short-sighted fools think that going to the Moon was just a stunt. But the astronauts knew the meaning of what they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/many-short-sighted-fools-think-that-going-to-the-moon-was-just-a/)

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> [Around the time of the Terran Caesar Augustus, a Martian artist had been composing a work of art. It could have been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/around-the-time-of-the-terran-caesar-augustus-a-martian-artist-had/)

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> [Some logics get nervous breakdowns. Overloaded phone system behaves like frightened child. Mike did not have upsets, acquired sense of humor instead.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/some-logics-get-nervous-breakdowns-overloaded-phone-system-behaves/)

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> [There are hidden contradictions in the minds of people who "love Nature" while deploring the "artificialities" with which "Man has spoiled Nature.'"…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/there-are-hidden-contradictions-in-the-minds-of-people-who-love/)

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> [Social responsibility above the level of family, or at most of tribe, requires imagination-- devotion, loyalty, all the higher virtues -- which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/social-responsibility-above-the-level-of-family-or-at-most-of-tribe/)

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> [Yes, Boss?' Dorcas, the last twenty or thirty years I've been a worthless, no-good parasite.' She yawned again. 'Everybody knows that.' Nevermind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/yes-boss-dorcas-the-last-twenty-or-thirty-years-i-ve-been-a-worthless/)

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> [I remembered a time when my grandmother had asked me to explain television to her - the guts, not the funny pictures.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/i-remembered-a-time-when-my-grandmother-had-asked-me-to-explain/)

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> [My old man taught me two things: 'Mind own business' and 'Always cut cards.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/my-old-man-taught-me-two-things-mind-own-business-and-always-cut-cards/)

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> [Men are more sentimental than women. It blurs their thinking.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/men-are-more-sentimental-than-women-it-blurs-their-thinking/)

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> [In terms of morals there is no such thing as ‘state.’ Just men. Individuals. Each responsible for his own acts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/in-terms-of-morals-there-is-no-such-thing-as-state-just-men/)

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> [Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/women-and-cats-will-do-as-they-please-and-men-and-dogs-should-relax/)

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> [You can sway a thousand men by appealing to their prejudices quicker than you can convince one man by logic.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/you-can-sway-a-thousand-men-by-appealing-to-their-prejudices-quicker/)

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> [It's a man's business to be what he is, and to be it in style.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/it-s-a-man-s-business-to-be-what-he-is-and-to-be-it-in-style/)

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> [ Courage is the complement of fear. A man who is fearless cannot be courageous. \[He is also a fool.\] ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/courage-is-the-complement-of-fear-a-man-who-is-fearless-cannot-be/)

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> [Any group is weaker than a man alone unless they are perfectly trained to work together.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/any-group-is-weaker-than-a-man-alone-unless-they-are-perfectly/)

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> [If you do not believe that a man will commit murder for one can of tomatoes, then you have never been hungry.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/if-you-do-not-believe-that-a-man-will-commit-murder-for-one-can-of/)

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> [Each man is his own prisoner, in solitary confinement for life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/each-man-is-his-own-prisoner-in-solitary-confinement-for-life/)

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> [My old man claimed that the more complicated the law the more opportunity for scoundrels.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/my-old-man-claimed-that-the-more-complicated-the-law-the-more/)

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> [You can't conquer a free man; the most you can do is kill him.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/you-can-t-conquer-a-free-man-the-most-you-can-do-is-kill-him/)

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> [There are no dangerous weapons; there are only dangerous men.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/there-are-no-dangerous-weapons-there-are-only-dangerous-men/)

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> [Aside from a cold appreciation of my own genius I felt that I was a modest man.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/aside-from-a-cold-appreciation-of-my-own-genius-i-felt-that-i-was-a/)

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> [I don't trust a man who talks about ethics when he is picking my pocket. But if he is acting in his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/i-don-t-trust-a-man-who-talks-about-ethics-when-he-is-picking-my/)

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> [Social responsibility above the level of family, or at most of tribe, requires imagination-- devotion, loyalty, all the higher virtues -- which a man…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/social-responsibility-above-the-level-of-family-or-at-most-of-tribe/)

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> [My folks tried to make a preacher of me and missed by a narrow margin… I would have made a good one if I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/my-folks-tried-to-make-a-preacher-of-me-and-missed-by-a-narrow-margin/)

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> [Ninety percent of all human wisdom is the ability to mind your own business.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/ninety-percent-of-all-human-wisdom-is-the-ability-to-mind-your-own/)

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> [If we blow ourselves up we will do it by misapplication of science; if we manage to keep from blowing ourselves up, it will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/if-we-blow-ourselves-up-we-will-do-it-by-misapplication-of-science-if/)

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> [Nor would anybody suspect. If was one thing all people took for granted, was conviction that if you feed honest figures into a computer,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/nor-would-anybody-suspect-if-was-one-thing-all-people-took-for/)

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> [Women will forgive anything. Otherwise, the race would have died out long ago.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/women-will-forgive-anything-otherwise-the-race-would-have-died-out/)

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> [Most neuroses and some psychoses can be traced to the unnecessary and unhealthy habit of daily wallowing in the troubles and sins of five…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/most-neuroses-and-some-psychoses-can-be-traced-to-the-unnecessary-and/)

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> [No statement should be believed because it is made by an authority.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/no-statement-should-be-believed-because-it-is-made-by-an-authority/)

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> [“Some people are ants by nature; they have to work, even when it’s useless. Few people have a talent for constructive laziness.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/some-people-are-ants-by-nature-they-have-to-work-even-when-it-s/)

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> [“The instinct to survive is human nature itself, and every aspect of our personalities derives from it. Anything that conflicts with the survival instinct…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/the-instinct-to-survive-is-human-nature-itself-and-every-aspect-of/)

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> [“I tried to dig out of the computer a call directory for Luna. But it was still sulking. I could not get it to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/i-tried-to-dig-out-of-the-computer-a-call-directory-for-luna-but-it/)

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> [“this has more aspects than a cat has hair.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/this-has-more-aspects-than-a-cat-has-hair/)

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> [Never own more than you can carry in both hands at a dead run.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/never-own-more-than-you-can-carry-in-both-hands-at-a-dead-run/)

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> [“In Wilson's scale of evaluations breakfast rated just after life itself and ahead of the chance of immortality." ~ By His Bootstraps / Robert A. Heinlein”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/in-wilson-s-scale-of-evaluations-breakfast-rated-just-after-life/)

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> [Ignorance is curable, stupid is forever.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/ignorance-is-curable-stupid-is-forever/)

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